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What about them? Every vehicle has them. Do what you want with them, but there's no reason to complain about them.

I see this ALL the time. I usually give them a couple flicks of the brights, followed by my lights being shut off and turned back on. Then I give up on them. About 50% of the time they realize they forgot to turn their lights on. The rest flip me off out their window. Which, whatever, they wanna...

This right here is basically it, legally for what the Bronco is rated to pull you don't REALLY need it, which is why Ford discontinued theirs. However, it's still a good idea to have one. My flatbed is like 2500 lbs empty (and we only use the Bronco to move it in the yard), but I wouldn't want...

Interesting, I always heard that the middle of Wisconsin had some great trails.

My truck doesn't remember to leave the exhaust brake on if it has sat for more than 2 hours, and it asks if I want to stay in tow mode. So I have to click 'yes' for the second, and press a button on my dash to re-activate the exhaust brake. I have to press a button to turn off AS/S in the...

Not really. The current administration has already been sued over these regulation rollbacks, and the next one will likely be sued to reinstate them, if they don't do it right away on their own. Unless you're insinuating there won't be a next administration, but that's going to get this thread...

This is why I don't expect them to get rid of DPF, DEF, AS/S, or go back to offering large V8s in cars and smaller vehicles. The rest of the world expects those features. Do I expect changes? Yes, I expect AS/S to remember the last setting, and it has been announced that being empty on DEF won't...

Highly unlikely that auto manufacturers will remove it from vehicles, and highly unlikely dealers will disable it in the software. Because when the administration changes, you can bet a lot of the rules will come back in some way. I COULD see auto manufacturers doing something similar to what...

This is the truth of it. On older vehicles, yeah, the rubber lines weren't spec'd to handle ethanol, and they would essentially dissolve - though E10 didn't do it very quickly, it would take a considerable amount of time for it to happen because it is UP TO 10% ethanol, not 10%+. Higher...

Understatement of the year right here. The dealer did a (IIRC) 1.5" leveling kit on my wife's old F150 a few years back for about $200 parts and labor, and all it was was spacers. It was all for looks, no wheeling in that grocery getter. Even with inflation I would expect them to be able to do...

Oof, don't remind me. Best I ever saw on the 'DTE' was about 330 miles, but I never let it get that low. That little tank doesn't go very far.

Manufacturing costs are pricey. The die set for the doors for a 2-door are likely in the neighborhood of $1mil or more, to be able to form aluminum. The frame tooling is probably close to another $1mil or more, and don't forget the body tub, top, etc. There is just as much cost into producing a...

As mentioned, there are a LOT of variables when it comes to these things. But for what it's worth, our BD SAS with 2.7 averages about 20.1 in the summer, and 19.4 in the winter, almost exclusively rural highways (55 mph) and small town surface streets (25-35 mph). It's a brick, when it gets on...

This was basically our experience when we got our '24 BD. They had two BD 2-doors and a Badlands 2-door on the lot, we test drove one of each. For what they were, the BD was considerably cheaper and checked the boxes we wanted without stuff we didn't really need. We aren't hard-core offroaders...

When the window is frozen all the way UP, the door will still open, but good luck getting it shut properly - the window WILL stay outside the seal.

The frameless windows have a drawback for anyone who has to deal with freezing and/or ice - if ice gets down inside, it will prevent the drop-down from working, and make it harder to open/close the door.

This is actually good advice if you're looking for something to limp you back to town or your next destination where you can make real repairs. In my truck I've got a Leatherman, a hammer and punch, a mid-size pair of ChannelLock pliers, an adjustable wrench, a roll of duct tape, a roll of...

Years back we were having a 4th of July party, but we had some landscaping we were doing too, so we had a big pile of dirt in the middle of the yard (6 foot high or so). I *might* have disconnected the sway bar on my Wagon and parked with the passenger tire on top of it. Buddy showed up with his...

I don't know your situation, I don't know your kid. I also don't know what components are failing over and over. But I will say this - longevity of a manual transmission is directly related to how it's driven, most of the time. And saying he's ridden dirt bikes and is good with manuals is at...

As others have said, you're not really driving it enough to put much of a recharge back into that battery. You're going to need to get driving it more for longer distances, or put it on a tender...which might be your better bet given your situation. I drive about 30 miles to work, don't take...